Mexican peso
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The Mexican peso is Mexico's official national currency and one of the most traded currencies in the world, widely used in international foreign exchange markets.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mexican peso canonical | 251 |
| MXN | 2 |
| Mexican Peso futures | 1 |
| Mexican peso (as main trade coin) | 1 |
| old Mexican peso (MXP) | 1 |
| peso mexicano | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17473 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mexican peso Context triple: [Mexico, currency, Mexican peso]
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A.
Chilean peso
The Chilean peso is the official monetary unit of Chile, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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B.
US dollar
The US dollar is the official currency of the United States and the world’s primary reserve currency used widely in global trade and finance.
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C.
Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
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D.
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble was the official monetary unit of the USSR, used throughout the Soviet planned economy until the country's dissolution in 1991.
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E.
Mexico
Mexico is a large North American country known for its rich pre-Columbian and colonial history, diverse cultures, and influential cuisine and arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mexican peso Target entity description: The Mexican peso is Mexico's official national currency and one of the most traded currencies in the world, widely used in international foreign exchange markets.
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A.
Chilean peso
The Chilean peso is the official monetary unit of Chile, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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B.
US dollar
The US dollar is the official currency of the United States and the world’s primary reserve currency used widely in global trade and finance.
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C.
Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
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D.
Deutsche Mark
The Deutsche Mark was the former official currency of West Germany and later unified Germany, renowned for its stability and strength until it was replaced by the euro.
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E.
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the official national currency of Australia, used across all its states and territories and recognized as a major traded currency globally.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
national currency ⓘ |
| category |
currencies of Mexico
ⓘ
currencies of North America ⓘ currencies traded on the forex market ⓘ |
| centralBank |
Bank of Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Banco de México
Bank of Mexico ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| currencyNumber | 484 ⓘ |
| currencySignPlacement | before the amount ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknotes
ⓘ
coins ⓘ |
| floatType | free-floating exchange rate ⓘ |
| fractionalNameInSpanish | centavo ⓘ |
| hasCodeType | ISO 4217 ⓘ |
| hasUser |
Government of Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican government
residents of Mexico ⓘ tourists in Mexico ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor |
Mexican peso
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
old Mexican peso (MXP)
|
| ISO4217Code |
Mexican peso
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MXN
|
| isOneOf | most traded currencies in the world ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Bank of Mexico ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Mexico ⓘ |
| majorTradingPairs |
EUR/MXN
ⓘ
JPY/MXN ⓘ USD/MXN ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | decimal ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
Bank for International Settlements
ⓘ
International Monetary Fund ⓘ |
| nameInSpanish |
Mexican peso
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
peso mexicano
|
| officialCurrencyOf | Mexico ⓘ |
| peggedTo | none ⓘ |
| region | Latin America ⓘ |
| revaluation | 1 new peso (MXN) = 1000 old pesos (MXP) ⓘ |
| subunit | centavo ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 centavos = 1 peso ⓘ |
| symbol | $ ⓘ |
| tradedOn |
foreign exchange market
ⓘ
international currency markets ⓘ |
| usedFor |
domestic transactions in Mexico
ⓘ
international trade involving Mexico ⓘ remittances to Mexico ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Mexico
ⓘ
border regions of the United States (informally) ⓘ some parts of Central America (informally) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mexican peso Description of subject: The Mexican peso is Mexico's official national currency and one of the most traded currencies in the world, widely used in international foreign exchange markets.
Referenced by (257)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ramos Arizpe
subject surface form:
Guadalupe, Nuevo León
subject surface form:
Concordia, Sinaloa
subject surface form:
Mexico
subject surface form:
Guadalupe, Zacatecas
subject surface form:
Tuxpan, Nayarit